When Friday came at long last, Harry was sitting downstairs with his trunk and Hedwig. At around noon Mr. Granger arrived. He talked to Uncle Vernon about teeth while Uncle Vernon lectured him about drills. Half an hour later they finally left. On the car ride Mr. Granger talked to Harry about work and, of course, school. Harry began to like him more and more as the two of them continued to talk. An hour later they arrived at a new neighborhood. It was at last the one they were looking for.
"Here we are. Home Sweet Home" Mr. Granger said at last as they pulled into a nearby driveway and walked into the house. Harry had been in lots of different houses, but none of them quite compared with this one. It was relatively clean with the exception of scattered children's toys that looked like the owners had to be elementary school age. A few minutes later a woman appeared and said, "You must be Harry. I'm Mrs. Granger". Harry replied with, "It's very nice to meet you Mrs. Granger". At that exact moment Hermione came down the stairs with a younger girl and two boys, who Harry assumed to be the owners of the scattered toys. "Hi Harry. It's great to see you. I'm so glad you could come stay with us". "I'm glad too". He replied. Hermione continued with, "This is my sister Molly, she's 11 and starting at Hogwarts this year. And these are my brothers Ned and Ed. They go to a muggle elementary school. Ned is 8, and Ed is 6". "It's nice to meet you three" Harry answered politely.
Hermione told Harry about her summer so far. She finished her homework, obviously, within the first time and afterwards spent time with her family. Harry told her all about his 'adventures' on Privet Drive while Ron was off in Romania for some secret reason that he wasn't telling them. "Why did he do that? Why didn't he tell you?" Hermione wondered. "Dunno. Maybe there's something going on that he isn't supposed to tell me like what was going on with the Order last Summer" Harry suggested. Hermione replied with, "That's not very likely".
At Dinner Mr. And Mrs. Granger told Harry about the neighborhood and Harry was fascinated with all the detail. It was then suggested that they all go on an outing the following morning, so they all decided to have a picnic in the park. While there they met up with to unexpected, but yet still familiar, faces. Seamus and Dean were there as well. They obviously lived nearby, and so they were in the park. They joined them for Lunch before going home again. Harry, Hermione, and her family went home again soon after where they played Chess, chatted, and enjoyed spending time together.
Summer was going by so quickly after that, that Harry didn't even realize that it was the day before his 16th birthday. The following day they were going to go to Diagon Alley for school supplies. Little did Harry know that others than the Grangers had plans in store for him which would begin the road to Harry's defeat of Voldemort once and for all.
